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1 Preserving Maryland s Civil War Battlefields H. Grant Dehart Formerly: Director of Program Open Space, Maryland DNR Director of Maryland Environmental Trust Member, Governor s Civil War Heritage Commission Member, Enhancement Technical Committee, MDOT

2 Battlefield Threats and Responses Background National concern for American Civil War Battlefields (PBS Ken Burns Series on The Civil War) 1986 Manassas National Battlefield threatened Shopping Center proposed on 542 acres (Til Hazel) 1988 Congressional Quick-take of Manassas property $118 million to purchase $217,712 per acre Civil War Sites Advisory Commission appointed American Battlefield Protection Program established (NPS) Civil War Trust formed (now Civil War Preservation Trust)

3 Threats to Antietam Battlefield Area Sprawl Harpers Ferry Road - Sharpsburg

4 Threats to Antietam Battlefield area Subdivision of the Grove Farm - Sharpsburg

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6 Antietam Station proposal The Grove Farm Proposed Shopping Center & Motel site

7 Responses to Antietam threat SHAF sues county to stop subdivision of Grove Farm National Trust for Historic Preservation lists Antietam area as one of Nation s 11 Most Endangered Historic Sites in 1989, 1990 & 1991 Maryland Environmental Trust received a grant from the National Trust s Critical Issues Fund to implement a Rural Historic Village Protection Program, includes Sharpsburg and Burkettsville among 10 villages MET established the Washington County Land Quality Foundation as a local land trust MD General Assembly approved the MET Land Trust Grant Fund to help with land trust acquisitions

8 First State Civil War Site Project The Grove Farm SHAF grants $100,000 MET* $100,000 CWT APCWS & CWRT SHAF bought 40 acre Site, 10 lots extinguished * Land Trust Grant Fund

9 MD s Protection Strategy and Plan ISTEA enacted 1991 authorizing enhancements Gov. Schaefer appoints Civil War Heritage Com. Lighthizer invites DNR plan for POS & ISTEA $ Prioritized acquisitions by importance & threat (with help of Civil War historians, landowners, counties & land trusts) Gave landowners protection options Worked with willing sellers no condemnation Offered appraised market values

10 Antietam Protection Plan

11 Keedysville Keedysville Antietam National Battlefield - NPS Sharpsburg Progress at Antietam

12 Progress at Antietam

13 Progress at Antietam

14 Progress at Antietam

15 Progress at Antietam

16 Progress at Antietam

17 Progress at Antietam

18 AFTER

19 Antietam viewshed Scheller Farm Keedysville Road

20 Kefauver-Poffenberger Farm Mansfield Road

21 The Rohrbach House - Before

22 The Rohrbach House - Today

23 Accomplishments* Antietam 61 properties $20,725,587 8,769 acres MDOT&POS $ 8,425,587 3,504 acres Rural Legacy $ 10,900,000 3,901 acres MALPF $ 1,300,000 1,324 acres MET & private $ 100, acres South Mountain 54 properties $16,512,346 6,100 acres Monocacy 3 properties $2,741, acres TOTAL: 118 properties $39,979,449 15,303 acres * Not included: 8,445 acres of State, Federal & land trust acquisitions within park boundaries (2,750 acres at Antietam)

24 Leverage Multiple Fund Sources Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation (MALPF) MET Land Trust Grant Fund Program Open Space (POS) Transportation Enhancement Program (ISTEA/TEA21) Rural Legacy Program (RLP) American Battlefield Protection Program of the National Park Service (ABPP) The Conservation Fund Civil War Preservation Trust

25 What have we learned? Political leadership and support is key Schaefer, Lighthizer, Brown, Munson, Bowers, et.al. Steady and predictable fund sources are needed Work with local leaders County Commissioners, State legislators, landowners, land trusts Work directly with landowners and the farm community Foster partnerships between government & private groups NPS, ABPP, MD BPW, Washington Co, Sharpsburg, SHAF, CWPT, SHARP, TCF, WCLQF, Citizen s Advisory Committee, et.al.

26 What have we learned? State investments in Civil War site preservation pay dividends in the form of tourism revenue Maryland Civil War Trails established by DBED South Mountain Civil War State Battlefield designated Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area established by MHT Success of POS/TEA21 Civil War site preservation was model for Rural Legacy Program in 1997 Targeted multiple-resources for preservation around protected Civil War sites expanded contiguous land preservation Multi-agency State & Local land preservation strategy Mid-Maryland Washington Rural Legacy Area around Antietam Mid-Maryland Frederick Rural Legacy Area around South Mountain

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29 Preserving Maryland s Civil War Battlefields Thank You! H. Grant Dehart (410) grantdehart@comcast.net

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